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978-1285770178 Lecture Note BL ComLaw 1e IM-Ch07 Part 3
CHAPTER 7: SECURITIES LAW AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 21 © 2015 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. 3. Criminal Penalties For violations of […]
978-1285770178 Lecture Note BL ComLaw 1e IM-Ch07 Part 2
CHAPTER 7: SECURITIES LAW AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 11 © 2015 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. material. And without a requirement of […]
978-1285770178 Lecture Note BL ComLaw 1e IM-Ch07 Part 1
© 2015 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in INTRODUCTION After the stock market crash of 1929, Congress enacted the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange […]
978-1285770178 Lecture Note BL ComLaw 1e IM-Ch06 Part 2
8 INSTRUCTOR’S MANUAL FOR BUSINESS LAW: COMMERCIAL LAW FOR ACCOUNTANTS © 2015 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. corporate power, and not […]
978-1285770178 Lecture Note BL ComLaw 1e IM-Ch06 Part 1
1 © 2015 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Chapter 6 Mergers and Takeovers INTRODUCTION Typically, a corporation extends its operations by […]
978-1285770178 Lecture Note BL ComLaw 1e IM-Ch05 Part 4
28 INSTRUCTOR’S MANUAL FOR BUSINESS LAW: COMMERCIAL LAW FOR ACCOUNTANTS © 2015 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in control over the corporation. Unlike trustees, however, directors […]
978-1285770178 Lecture Note BL ComLaw 1e IM-Ch05 Part 3
CHAPTER 5: CORPORATE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AND SHAREHOLDERS 21 © 2015 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in shares can be uncertificated. Notice of shareholder meetings, dividends, and […]
978-1285770178 Lecture Note BL ComLaw 1e IM-Ch05 Part 2
CHAPTER 5: CORPORATE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AND SHAREHOLDERS 11 © 2015 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, […]
978-1285770178 Lecture Note BL ComLaw 1e IM-Ch05 Part 1
© 2015 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in INTRODUCTION Sometimes, actions that benefit a corporation as a whole do not coincide with the separate interests of […]
978-1285770178 Lecture Note BL ComLaw 1e IM-Ch04 Part 3
CHAPTER 4: CORPORATE FORMATION AND FINANCING 19 whole or in part. ANSWER TO “THE ETHICAL DIMENSION” QUESTION IN CASE 4.3 Should the Brennan brothers be held personally liable because they misled their attorneys? Why or why not? Kenyon & Kenyon […]
978-1285770178 Lecture Note BL ComLaw 1e IM-Ch04 Part 2
CHAPTER 4: CORPORATE FORMATION AND FINANCING 11 © 2015 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in In Rench v. Leihser, 139 Ill.App.3d 889 (1986), the Appellate Court […]
978-1285770178 Lecture Note BL ComLaw 1e IM-Ch04 Part 1
© 2015 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. INTRODUCTION A corporation exists only by statute. Generally, corporations exist only under state law, […]
978-1285770178 Lecture Note BL ComLaw 1e IM-Ch03 Part 3
CHAPTER 3: OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES 17 whole or in part. Reasons not to apply these principles include that other entities have unique characteristics that these principles might not address and may overlook. 6. What is a joint […]
978-1285770178 Lecture Note BL ComLaw 1e IM-Ch03 Part 2
CHAPTER 3: OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES 11 © 2015 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in A. JOINT VENTURE A joint venture is a relationship […]
978-1285770178 Lecture Note BL ComLaw 1e IM-Ch03 Part 1
1 whole or in part. Chapter 3 Other Organizational Forms for Small Businesses partnership and the limited liability of the corporation are explained, and some of their advantages and disadvantages are spelled out. This chapter also briefly reviews less common […]
978-1285770178 Lecture Note BL ComLaw 1e IM-Ch02 Part 3
CHAPTER 2: PARTNERSHIPS AND LIMITED LIABIITY PARTNERSHIPS 17 whole or in part. 1. What are the three essential elements necessary (but not necessarily sufficient) to form a part– nership? The Uniform Partnership Act defines a partnership as “an association of […]
978-1285770178 Lecture Note BL ComLaw 1e IM-Ch02 Part 2
CHAPTER 2: PARTNERSHIPS AND LIMITED LIABIITY PARTNERSHIPS 11 © 2015 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in case to avoid similar disputes include the significance of careful […]
978-1285770178 Lecture Note BL ComLaw 1e IM-Ch02 Part 1
© 2015 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in Partnerships and Limited Liability Partnerships INTRODUCTION 1 whole or in part. Chapter 2 The most common forms of […]
978-1285770178 Lecture Note BL ComLaw 1e IM-Ch01 Part 3
CHAPTER 1: SOLE PROPRIETORSHIPS AND FRANCHISES 17 © 2015 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in hotel that he believed would be granted an extended franchise when […]
978-1285770178 Lecture Note BL ComLaw 1e IM-Ch01 Part 2
© 2015 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. 1. Find out all you can about the franchisor: How long has the franchisor […]
978-1285770178 Lecture Note BL ComLaw 1e IM-Ch01 Part 1
© 2015 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in INTRODUCTION The most common forms of business organization are the sole proprietorship and, when two or more persons […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 9 Lecture Outline Part 2
Ch. 09: Agency Liability to Third Parties and Termination – No. 7 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law: Commercial Law for Accountants (1E) Principals and agents are each liable for their own torts. In addition, a principal may be […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 9 Lecture Outline Part 1
Ch. 09: Agency Liability to Third Parties and Termination – No. 1 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law: Commercial Law for Accountants (1E) Express Authority: Authority declared in clear, direct, and definite terms, orally or in writing. Equal Dignity […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 8 Lecture Outline
Ch. 08: Agency Formation and Duties – No. 1 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law: Commercial Law for Accountants (1E) Agency: A fiduciary relationship arising when one person (the principal) manifests her consent that another person (the agent) act on […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 7 Lecture Outline Part 2
Ch. 42: Securities Law and Corporate Governance – No. 10 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law (13th ed.) The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 regulates brokers, dealers, exchanges, and national securities associations, as well as all corporations (1) whose stock is […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 7 Lecture Outline Part 1
Ch. 7: Securities Law and Corporate Governance – No. 1 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law: Commercial Law for Accountants (1E) SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC): An independent regulatory agency, created by the Securities Exchange Act of […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 6 Lecture Outline
Ch. 6: Mergers amd Takeovers – No. 1 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law: Commercial Law for Accountants (1E) SHARE EXCHANGE shareholders of the merged corporation receive Merger: A contractual and statutory process by which one corporation (the surviving corporation) […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 5 Lecture Outline Part 2
Ch. 40: Corporate Directors, Officers, and Shareholders – No. 8 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law (13th ed.) Shareholders must approve, before the board can implement, any fundamental corporate change, such as amending the articles of incorporation or by-laws, […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 5 Lecture Outline Part 1
Ch. 5: Corporate Directors, Officers, and Shareholders – No. 1 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law: Commercial Law for Accountants (1E) A corporation’s shareholders elect (with voting rights generally in proportion to shares held) a board of directors who (1) […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 4 Lecture Outline Part 2
Ch. 4: Corporate Formation and Financing – No. 8 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law: Commercial Law for Accountants (1E) De Jure Corporation: A corporation whose articles, while containing some technical defect, substantially comply with the laws of the state […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 4 Lecture Outline Part 1
Ch. 4: Corporate Formation and Financing – No. 1 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law: Commercial Law for Accountants (1E) Corporation: A legal entity formed according to the statutory requirements of its state of incorporation. The corporate entity’s key legal […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 31 Lecture Outline Part 2
Ch. 31: Wills and Trusts – No. 7 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law: Commercial Law for Accountants (1E) Trust: An arrangement by which title to property owned by one person (the grantor or settlor) is held by another person […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 31 Lecture Outline Part 1
Ch. 31: Wills and Trusts – No. 1 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law: Commercial Law for Accountants (1E) Will: An instrument a testator prepares, or has prepared, directing how to distribute her property after she dies. Executor: A […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 30 Lecture Outline Part 2
Ch. 30: Insurance – No. 7 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law: Commercial Law for Accountants (1E) Misstatement of Age: Life insurance premiums and benefits may be affected by the age of the insured. As a result, if the insurer […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 30 Lecture Outline Part 1
Ch. 30: Insurance – No. 1 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law: Commercial Law for Accountants (1E) Insurance Policy: A contract in which, for a stipulated consideration, one party (the insurer, or underwriter) agrees to compensate the other (the insured), […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 3 Lecture Outline Part 2
Ch. 3: Other Organizational Forms For Small Business – No. 7 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law: Commercial Law for Accountants (1E) Joint Stock Company: A hybrid of a partnership and corporation that is formed by agreement (rather than […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 3 Lecture Outline Part 1
Ch. 3: Other Organizational Forms For Small Business – No. 1 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law: Commercial Law for Accountants (1E) Limited Liability Company (LLC): A hybrid form of business, which is taxed like a partnership while offering […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 29 Lecture Outline Part 2
Ch. 29: Real Property and Landlord-Tenant Relationships- No. 11 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law: Commercial Law for Accountants (1E) protect against undiscovered defects in title. Recording Statutes: All states have statutes permitting deeds to be recorded, thereby giving public […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 29 Lecture Outline Part 1
Ch. 29: Real Property and Landlord-Tenant Relationships- No. 1 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law: Commercial Law for Accountants (1E) Real property consists of: (1) Land, including the (a) soil and natural structures on the realty’s surface, (b) all of […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 28 Lecture Outline
Ch. 28: Personal Property and Bailments – No. 1 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law: Commercial Law for Accountants (1E) Property: Legally protected rights and interests in anything with an ascertainable value that is subject to ownership. Real Property […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 27 Lecture Outline
Ch. 27: Professional Liability and Accountability – No. 1 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law: Commercial Law for Accountants (1E) An accountant who establishes or maintains financial records, designs, controls, or audits financial recordkeeping systems, prepares or audits financial reports, […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 26 Lecture Outline Part 2
Ch. 26: Antitrust Law – No. 8 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law: Commercial Law for Accountants (1E) Exclusive-Dealing Contract: An agreement by which a seller forbids a buyer from purchasing products from the seller’s competitors is illegal if the […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 26 Lecture Outline Part 1
Ch. 26: Antitrust Law – No. 1 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law: Commercial Law for Accountants (1E) The Sherman Antitrust Act prohibits (1) contracts, combinations, and conspiracies in restraint of interstate trade or commerce, and (2) actual or attempted […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 25 Lecture Outline
Ch. 25: Environmental Law – No. 1 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law: Commercial Law for Accountants (1E) Nuisance: A person may be liable if they use their property in a manner that unreasonably interferes with others’ rights to use […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 24 Lecture Outline Part 2
Ch. 24: Consumer Law – No. 7 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law: Commercial Law for Accountants (1E) The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) conducts product safety research; maintains a clearinghouse of information on the risks associated with […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 24 Lecture Outline Part 1
Ch. 24: Consumer Law – No. 1 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law: Commercial Law for Accountants (1E) The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) polices advertising that misleads consumers either by making an unjustified claim or by omitting a material fact […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 23 Lecture Outline
Ch. 23: Administrative Agencies – No. 1 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law: Commercial Law for Accountants (1E) ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Administrative Agencies: Agencies authorized by federal or state legislation to make and enforce rules to administer and enforce legislative acts […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 22 Lecture Outline Part 2
Ch. 2: Partnerships and Limited Liability Partnerships – No. 9 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law: Commercial Law for Accountants (1E) Dissociation: A partner may cease being associated with the partnership’s business, inter alia: (1) by notifying her partners that […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 22 Lecture Outline Part 1
Ch. 2: Partnerships and Limited Liability Partnerships – No. 1 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law: Commercial Law for Accountants (1E) Partnership: An association of two or more persons who carry on, as co-owners, a business in which they (1) […]
978-1285770178 Chapter 21 Lecture Outline Part 2
Ch. 21: Secured Transactions – No. 9 Clarkson et al.’s Business Law: Commercial Law for Accountants (1E) Perfected vs. Unperfected Security Interests: A perfected security interest in collateral has priority over an unperfected security interest in the same collateral. […]